Chief Warrant Officer 4 Nicholas Demas was admiring the jagged peaks of the Swiss Alps cutting through the clouds when the radio crackled to life.

Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) was used in a test fire in the Philippines during the two countries’ ...

In the jungles, plains and mountains of Luzon, the U.S. Army is experimenting with 3D-printed drones, missile launchers and ...

The United States Pacific Fleet on Thursday clarified that there was no Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System ...

The islands where the Balikatan air assault demonstration took place are just south of the 70-mile-wide Bashi Channel between the Philippines and Taiwan.

Balikatan included live-fire coastal defense training on the outskirts of the northern coastal town of Aparri, as American ...

During the Balikatan exercise, the military will deploy for the first time a South Korean-manufactured ship-based missile system, called C-star, capable of reaching targets 90 miles away.

More than 12,000 U.S. troops from all four branches will join thousands of their Philippine counterparts next week as part of the annual Balikatan exercise in and around the island nation, the ...

Balikatan 2025, the 40 th iteration of the largest annual joint military exercise between the U.S. and the Philippines, commenced on April 21 at Camp Aguinaldo in Manila, Philippines.

Philippine navy Lt. Giovani Badidles poses on the airfield during a Balikatan drill at the former home of Naval Air Station Cubi Point, Sunday, April 23, 2023. (Jonathan Snyder/Stars and Stripes) ...

The annual Balikatan drill – that translates to “shoulder-to-shoulder” from Filipino – will begin on 22 April and continue till 10 May.

The United States’ NMESIS missile system was used in battle drills during the recent Balikatan 2025 exercises, but no ...